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Old June 11th, 2008, 06:05 PM
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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Those corals look great -- nice variety of SPS too. Great polyp extension on them.
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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Great corals. Love to zoas. Great color. Love the tang.

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Looks Great !

I want a frag of the Green Monti!!!!
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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Corals look good. I like your frag rack....

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Yeah I thought up the frag rack myself!! Just kidding we kinda brainstormed on that one together but they work great. Only thing is now we dont have any mag floats left and I need one so I can try out my new MJ mod. Also thank you for the comments everyone, I have worked hard and spent a lot of money to get my tank where it is today. Also without the help and enthusiasm of a good friend (Vspeck) it would'nt be as fun. My plan is to knock everyone's socks off with my next build though it will be a 180 and it's in the works as soon as I get the stand I will begin posting a new tank thread.

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

It would be a lot cheaper to just buy plastic encased magnets or salt water inert magnets than use mag floats. However, I do believe the racks are a better use for magfloats than cleaning off algae, as the magfloats leave the algae in the water.

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Over the years I have collected mag floats some of them for free. I think when we went to go make one I ended up finding like 4 just in a box not being used. Like you said this is a way better use. These are the smaller mag float that retail for about $10 bucks, but I get discounts at every fish store I go to, all the stores recognize our club and take care of us.

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

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Over the years I have collected mag floats some of them for free. I think when we went to go make one I ended up finding like 4 just in a box not being used. Like you said this is a way better use. These are the smaller mag float that retail for about $10 bucks, but I get discounts at every fish store I go to, all the stores recognize our club and take care of us.
I lived in Missouri during the flower power era and the race riots of the 60's. No body took care of anybody back then. It was a strange time. Probably quite like the south before the civil war.

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

what is this

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Re: New lighting and started SPS!

Dude, is that a frag of Idaho grape among your monti frags?
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